Automobile accessory



Ocif14 1924.

A. C. HOGGAN AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY Filed Aug. 20 1923 v INI ENTOR Patented Oct. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES ARLANI) G. HO'GGAN, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY.

Application filed August 20, 1923. Serial No. 658,255.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARLAND C. HOGGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Automobile Accessory, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile accessories, particularly luggage carriers, in which a box is attached to the under side of a running board by means of a hanger, and this same hanger is used to guide a foldable luggage rack either into the box or onto the running board.

The objects of my invention are to devise a luggage rack which is simple to manufacture and strong in construction; which extends either throughout the full length of the running board or encloses only one-half thereof; which cannot possibly be mislaid; and which, when not'in use, is carried in a box underneath the running board.

Other objects and advantages are to be found in the construction and arrangement of parts as will be'described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the ap pended claims.

I attain these objects with the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a running board with the luggage rack extending throughout the full length thereof.

Fig. 2 is a tender clamp as seen along the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the running board, showing the luggage rack in a different position.

Fig. 4. is a detail of the running board clamp.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the hanger.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The running board is designated by the numeral 1, the rear fender by the numeral 2, and the front fender by the numeral 8.

The luggage rack consists of six channel bar posts 4, connected with each other by the cross bars 5 in the well known manner of lazytongs, with the exception of the two posts at the middle, which are held together by the links 6. Extending through the upper ends of the posts 4 is a canvas strap 7 whose ends are hooked into the fender clamps 8. Fig. 2 clearly illustrates the construction of a tender clamp which, there, is seen to fit around the edge of the tender, and to be held in place by the eye screw 9, the latter also serving to receive the hook of the canvas strap.

The running board clamp 10 is shown in Fig. 4. A thumb screw 11 holds the clamp to the running board; the lower end of the post 4 is held to the clamp preferably by bolt 12 and cotter pin 13 to facilitate a quick detachment.

An exception in the described mode of attaching the post to the running board is made in the case of one of the end posts. There the clamp is replaced by the hanger 14 (detailed in Fig. 5), and the post is slidably but otherwise irremovably attached to the hanger. The latter consists of a. rod bent somewhat in the form of an interrogation mark and separated at the vertical portion of the upper curve by a swivel joint. The upper part of the hanger is stationarily affixed to the running board by means of a bolt 15; the box 16 is attached tothe lower terminal of the hanger in any suitable manner. The other end of the box is supported in a suitable Z-bar slide 17 at the under side of the running board. The swivel joint is constructed in the following manner: The stationary part of the hanger is threaded at 18; the rotating part of the hanger is provided with a knob 19; a sleeve nut 20, of the same outside diameter as the rest of the hanger, engages the knob 19 and thus holds the two parts of the hanger together; the pin or rivet 21 fixesthe sleeve nut on the thread 18.

If only one-half of the running board is intended to be used for luggage, the proper section of the rack is contracted as indicated by the dotted lines 22 in Fig. 1, and then swung at right angles to the remaining section toward the body of the automobile as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. The attachment of the contracted section of the automobile body-may be accomplished in any desired manner.

If no luggage rack is needed at all, both sections are fully contracted and folded flat against each other with the links 6 acting as a hinge; the box 16 is swung out as indicated by the dotted lines 23 in Figs. 3 and 5, and, sliding the post along the hanger, as indicated by the dotted lines 24 in Fig. 5, the rack is deposited in the box 16, whereupon the latter is returned to the original position underneath the running board.

Description and drawing refer to the box as being attached to the front end 'of the running board, but the same principle would apply were the box located at the rear end.

Having thus described my invention, it Will be seen that my objects have been accomplished, and, though I have shown the preferred form of construction, I reserve to myself the right tomake minor changes,

providing I do not contravene the spirit and principle of my invention.

1 claim:- 1. In an automobile accessory of the character described, the combination of a running board, a box pivotally attached to the running board, and a folding rack slidably mounted on the pivot.

2. In an automobile accessory of the character described, a running board, a folding rack, fender clamps, a canvas strap between the fender clamps and engaging the rack, running board clamps engaging the rack, a hanger connecting the rack to the running board, a box afiixed to the loWer terminal of the hanger, and a Z-bar slide attached to the under side of the running board and engaging one end of the box.

Signed by me at Portland, Oregon, this lath day of August, 1923.

A. O'HOGGAN. 

